Happy 50th Birthday Paul! I appreciate your words & your persistent generosity\u2026 hope you have a great day.<\/p>\n
10. Ambition is overrated.<\/strong>\u00a0Stop trying so hard to be \u201csuccessful.\u201d<\/p>\n12. Create art every once in a while.\u00a0<\/strong>Even though you aren\u2019t particularly talented and nobody really loved your \u2018nude portrait under autumn leaves\u2019 the creative process is good for your soul.<\/p>\n14. Pray with the same sense of urgency you had when you were 25 and were painfully aware of how much you needed God\u2019s help.<\/strong><\/p>\n21. Find ways to be alone in the woods or on the water by yourself.<\/strong>\u00a0Don\u2019t forget how much you value solitude in nature.<\/p>\n23. Stop beating yourself up about mistakes that you have made.<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s good to be self-critical, but you need to be compassionate as well.<\/p>\n25. Value every day you have.<\/strong>\u00a0At 25 I never thought you would live to be 50. Celebrate your life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caught this great list from Paul Raushenbush today, writing to his 25 year-old self on the occasion of his 50th birthday. There are some powerful words of advice in this list. I picked out my top five (plus one) and listed them below. There are so many here that I wish I would heed even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1074,111],"class_list":["post-3326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-paul-raushenbush","tag-the-huffington-post"],"yoast_head":"\n
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